premise

n. proposition, basic assumption, presupposition, fundamental presumption

v. assume, hypothesize, theorize, presume, postulate

Premise (from the Latin praemissa [propositio], meaning "placed in front") can refer to:Premise (argument)Premises are land and buildings together considered as a property. This usage arose from property owners finding the word in their title deeds, where it originally correctly meant "the aforementioned; what this document is about"Premise (film), the situational logic driving the plot in playsPremise, a trade name for the insecticide ImidaclopridOn-Premise, in Software and Implementation means a System is integrated and not On-Demand
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Noun
1. a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn; "on the assumption that he has been injured we can infer that he will not to play"
(synonym) premiss, assumption
(hypernym) postulate, posit
(hyponym) major premise, major premiss
(derivation) premiss
Verb
1. set forth beforehand, often as an explanation; "He premised these remarks so that his readers might understand"
(hypernym) set forth, expound, exposit
2. furnish with a preface or introduction; "She always precedes her lectures with a joke"; "He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution"
(synonym) precede, preface, introduce
(hypernym) state, say, tell
(hyponym) preamble
3. take something as preexisting and given
(synonym) premiss
(hypernym) presuppose, suppose
(derivation) premiss, assumption

v. put beforehand, place before; prefix; hypothesize, assume, presume

(v. i.)
To make a premise; to set forth something as a premise.
  

(n.)
To set forth beforehand, or as introductory to the main subject; to offer previously, as something to explain or aid in understanding what follows; especially, to lay down premises or first propositions, on which rest the subsequent reasonings.
  

(n.)
To send before the time, or beforehand; hence, to cause to be before something else; to employ previously.
  

(n.)
Matters previously stated or set forth; esp., that part in the beginning of a deed, the office of which is to express the grantor and grantee, and the land or thing granted or conveyed, and all that precedes the habendum; the thing demised or granted.
  

(n.)
Either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is drawn.
  

(n.)
A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.
  

(n.)
A piece of real estate; a building and its adjuncts; as, to lease premises; to trespass on another's premises.